Job interviews are usually the last stage you have to go through during the recruitment process. But your anxiety does not go away before the announcement that you received into your email.
So you do not die curious you should do follow-up or active follow-up to the recruitment. In addition to knowing the continuation of your interviews, follow-up may also indicate that you are enthusiastic about the job. But guys, do not follow-up haphazardly yes, there are rules that you must meet when doing so.
- Although already done at the end of the interview, there’s no harm in thanking you again by email the next day
Being grateful at the end of the interview is a must, but it would be even better if you also did it formally. Send an official email to the people who interviewed you personally with thanks. As much as possible avoid copy and paste and note that you are happy to have the opportunity to be interviewed by them.
Therefore, do not hesitate to ask the work email of the person who was interviewing you. You can politely ask for their business cards before leaving the interview room.
- If there is no news afterwards, send follow-up after one or two weeks you are interviewed
Do not overload and send follow-ups too quickly to the company calling you for an interview. After sending a thank you, wait one to two weeks afterwards. Your follow-up contains questions about your interviews and again puts your interest in this work. Wait for them to finish it if there is still no reply too.
- Gratitude should be on all interviewers, if follow-up just select one person only
Do not do follow-ups to everyone who is interviewing you, choose one person who you think is a leader in this recruitment process. If you are confused, you can ask at the end of the interview about whom to contact for follow-up. Most likely to play a role in this case is the HR Manager or other HR contact who used to contact you to take part in the interview.
- Do not always berpollowak-up with different numbers, if you do not want HRD even confusion to call you
The habits of young people today are having many numbers even in one smartphone. Especially for follow-up use the number or email address that you put on CV only, do not be changed. Because HRD would be confused when will contact later. In addition, you will also look very unprofessional because it underestimates the contact you put.
- Be careful with the language you use so you do not lose the chance of getting a job
Choose a wise language when delivering follow-ups, use standard language and avoid slang languages. They are not your friends you can treat casually, so do not ever try to be quasi-familiar before you’re actually accepted. Show your manners and give a great respect in every word you say or write in the follow-up you make.
- Follow the 3 paragraph rules for your follow-up to appear official, effective and efficient but also sweet
These 3 paragraph rules are used in written emails for official situations. By following this path, your ability to communicate professionally can be assessed.
Make follow-up emails in a groove like this. The first paragraph contains a thank you because they have given you an opportunity until this stage to fill that position. The next paragraph discusses your strengths and what the benefits the company gets from you later, use the points to clarify them. In the last paragraph contains a clarification, including if there are questions you have not answered during the interview process, you can write here.
- Check and re-check the name you want to send the message along with the title if there is, so the little mistake does not eliminate you
The name of the destination you are sending the message seems to be very short, but if it is wrong the impact will be huge. People are very sensitive to name writing, single letter or punctuation mistakes on their titles alone can make them “disappointed” and choose not to accept you. So make sure you check it over and over so that this error is not until you do.
Waiting for the results of the interview should be extra patient, if it’s been so long and you’ve done follow-up as well but there is no return, meaning you must move on. Do not you get stuck in waiting to wait for a job that will not open their doors for you. You have to be sensitive when it’s time to move on and when to wait.
After all these stages you do, pray for your efforts to bear a sweet result. Hopefully accepted yes!
